TSSAA logoClass 1A
At 7-3, Cloudland is a No. 3 seed as opposed to Copper Basin, also 7-3 but a No. 4 seed. At least Copper Basin’s Cougars are playing a first-round home game, but they are playing lookout Valley, whom they have already played and beaten (42-27 in Week 9).
South Pittsburg (7-3) gets a No. 3 seed and a host game against 5-5 Columbia Academy but then would catch 9-1 Gordonsville in the quarterfinals rather than the semis. It’s a game knowledgeable fans from the midstate area think could have been for a state championship game.
At least District 6-A members Lookout Valley and South Pittsburg are in separate quadrants.
Class 2A
There are eight 9-1 teams in the 24-team bracket, and three did not receive first-round byes. Instead, byes went to Westwood (8-2) and Loretto (7-3). There’s a 3-7 team (Booker T. Washington) with a No. 5 seed, the same seed accorded to 9-1 Silverdale Baptist.
Boyd-Buchanan is one of the 9-1 teams that was excluded from a bye — supposedly on a ninth or 10th criteria, but at least the Buccaneers are home for their first game.